Hopea jucunda

Hopea jucunda is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to the island of Sri Lanka. The IUCN Red List assesses the species as critically endangered.

The species was first described by George Henry Kendrick Thwaites in 1864.

Uses

Wood - construction timber.

Culture

Known as () in Sinhala.

References

Sources

• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/244514431_Balanocarpol_a_new_polyphenol_from_Balanocarpus_zeylanicus(trimen)_and_Hopea_jucunda(Thw.)(Dipterocarpaceae)
• http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/k000700737
• http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/1985/P1/P19850001807